Simple pasta bake

Name: Simple pasta bake
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 4 rashers smoked bacon; 1 tin chopped tomatoes; Half a tin of water; 1 ball of mozzarella; 200 g pasta (penne or rigatoni)

Hayley Bradley @Hayley_eats

Bristol, UK

This is my ultimate go-to comfort meal. My mum always used to make it when I had been on school trips and now I always make it as my first meal when I am back from travels.

Hayley Bradley @Hayley_eats

Bristol, UK

This is my ultimate go-to comfort meal. My mum always used to make it when I had been on school trips and now I always make it as my first meal when I am back from travels.

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Ingredients

2 people

1 tbspolive oil
4 rasherssmoked bacon
1 tinchopped tomatoes
Halfa tin of water
1ball of mozzarella
200 gpasta (penne or rigatoni)

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Steps

1

Boil a saucepan of water and heat the oven to 200c. Add a pinch of salt to the water and cook the pasta as instructed on packet
2

Whilst the pasta is cooking, slice the rashers of bacon and fry in the oil
3

Once bacon is crispy add the tin of tomatoes. Fill the tin, halfway, with water and add this to the pan too. Simmer until pasta is ready
4

Drain the pasta and pour it into an oven dish
5

Slice the mozzarella, add to the tomato sauce and leave to simmer for 1 more minute, until cheese starts to melt
6

Pour the sauce over the pasta and bake in the oven until golden (15-20 minutes)